Love Poem: Tin Man - ::POTD::

Tin Man - ::POTD::

My work is identity
The axe in my hand
No blisters to bother me
As for years I just stand

The weeds and the flowers
Call me back down to earth
The brown rust confuses
Destroys my self-worth

The tears and the rain
Have frozen me here
It could be forever
At least that is my fear

But then I hear singing
And love with a twirl
There's something of beauty
This dog and this girl

She stops to acknowledge
Where my work is so stale
I am rescued completely
My Dorothy Gale

We converse, no lips moving
I creak and I groan
She talks of a journey
To get herself home

I determine to help her
As she's helping me
We walk and we talk
It feels good to be free

It's strange but I know that
She strives for the best
I feel something beating
Once again in my chest

Not sure where we're going
When this journey will end
But I feel like I love her
This newly found friend